Appointed day2
4 January 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015—
a
section 5 (duty to prepare local strategies);
b
section 6 (publication and review of local strategies);
c
section 7 (matters to which regard must be had in preparing or reviewing a local strategy);
d
section 8 (duty to implement local strategies); and
e
section 13 (annual progress reports by local authorities and Local Health Boards).